CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1951/10/03

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02623661
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RIPPUB
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U
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6
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April 15, 2019
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April 22, 2019
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Publication Date: 
October 3, 1951
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Approved for Release: 2019/04/02 CO2623661 �41"' 11E1' �4�9 3 October 1951 ' Copy No.4 7 CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN DOCUMENT NO. No CHANGE IN CLASS DECLASSIFIED CUSS. CHANGED TO: TS NEXT.REVIEW DATE: P.UTH: HR 701A fl'EVIENVEFI: 3.5(c) S C Office of Current Intelligence CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 2.0 Approved for Release: 2019/04/02 CO2623661 �3.5(c) 3.5(c) 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2019/04/02 CO2623661 SUMMARY FAR EAST Indonesian ratification Of Japanese Peace Treaty will await bilateral negotiations with Japan (page 3). EASTERN EUROPE 4. Reports of organized resistance to Bulgarian regime not confirmed (page 5). WESTERN EUROPE 3.5(c) 3.3(h)(2) 3.3(h)(2) 3.3(h)(2) -2- ECE Approved for Release: 2019/04/02 CO2623661 3.5(c) 3.5(c) Approved for Release: 2019/04/02 CO2623661 FAR EAST 3.5(c) 3. 3(h)(2) 3.3(h)(2) 2. Indonesian ratification of Japanese Peace Treaty will await bilateral negotiations with Japann The Indonesian Foreign Minister has told the US Ambassador that his government will negotiate bilateral agreements with Japan on reparations and fisheries before it seeks parliamentary ratification of the general peace treaty. This procedure was necessitated when a National Party cabinet member reportedly assured the Prime Minister that his party would vote -3- T017CRET Approved for Release: 2019/04/02 CO2623661 3.5(c) 3.3(h)(2) Approved for Release: 2019/04/02 CO2623661 1-1z) SECRET for ratification if favorable bilateral treaties were negotiated with Japan and submitted to Parliament simultaneously with the San Francisco treaty. Comment: The vote of the National Party, which is a major component of the coalition government, will determine the ratification issue. The party has reversed its stand on the treaty once before; now, although perhaps willing to accept the treaty, it must press for apparent government concessions to justify a second change of position. EASTERN EUROPE 3.5(c) -4- ToC,:) SE EC.E'l" Approved for Release: 2019/04/02 CO2623661 3.5(c) 3 Approved for Release: 2019/6:1/02 CO2623661 TOP SECRET 4. Reports of organized resistance to Bulgarian regime not confirmed: 3.5(c) 3.3(h)(2) Interrogation of recent Bulgar refugees has provided no confirmation of any organized resistance activity in Bulgaria at the present time, but does indicate general unrest and sporadic cases of "Eights by peasants into the mountains to avoid arrest. Interrogations also reveal no evidence to confirm the frequent reports of organized plots to overthrow the Chervenkov regime, an insurrection in east-central Bulgaria, and clashes between Bulgarian troops and partisans in the northwestern area. WESTERN EUROPE -5-, Approved for Release: 2019/04/02 CO2623661 .3(h)(2) 3.3(h)(2) 3.5(c) 3.3(h)(2) Approved for Release: 2019/04/02 CO2623661 � TP 3.5(c) -6-- TM Approved for Release: 2019/04/02 CO2623661 3.5(c)